As the Team Leader you will have leadership responsibilities for program teams across several sites.
- Full time/Part time
position, negotiable (0.8EFT - 1FTE)
- First Nations
People, LGBTIQA+ people, people with disability, people of colour, public
housing residents or people with a lived experience are encouraged to
apply
- DS is committed to
child safety and strictly adheres to the Reportable Conduct Scheme for
organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing of our clients is our core
focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitment process including
screening and providing evidence of current Working With Children Check
and National Police Check.
Your Role
Drummond Street Services deliver early intervention case work,
counselling and group support to individuals, families and communities, using a
developmental and whole of family, family life course approach. Our services
are open to all children, young people and families but assertively engage
those experiencing marginalisation and/or discrimination, including First
Nations, public housing residents, people of colour, LGBTIQA+, people with
disability, trauma survivors, women (including those justice involved) and
children. We target risk and protective factors for wellbeing, including family
violence and mental health, in domains of individuals, families, community and
society. Responding to vulnerability inherent in key transitions (pregnancy of
second, third or more children, infancy, childhood, adolescence - and adverse
life events), we provide interventions focused on children and young people
across the spectrum of promotion, prevention – universal and selective, early
intervention, treatment and recovery interventions.
As the Team Leader you will have leadership responsibilities for
program teams across several sites in the development and delivery of service
responses for individuals, families and communities residing in a particular
place or geographical region. You will ensure our integrated service response
remains unique and innovative, that our programs are co-designed, respond to
local families and are planned and delivered in collaboration with the range of
Drummond Street Services delivered at the place. Your leadership
responsibilities involve building partnerships, providing supervision,
stakeholder management, leadership and management to plan, deliver, promote,
evaluate our co-design strategies, engagement programs, case work, counselling
and group supports.
Your Responsibilities
- Lead regular Practice Collaboration Meetings attended by the
range of program staff to strengthen the management of risk and safety and
ensure focus on health and wellbeing through targeting of protective
factors. Meeting outcomes include:
- Provide quality clinical supervision.
- Support practitioners with day-to-day high risk assessment
and management, monitoring the Incident Reporting system – Tickit.
- Work with the General Managers, Program Managers and DS
Centre for Family Research and Evaluation to develop evidence-informed
planning and decision-making to guide service and program planning.
- Contribute to tender development.
- Oversee contract and performance management and reporting of
targets and deliverables in the local catchment.
- Support Working Groups and Committees.
- Participate in
organization-wide leadership meetings, collaborative planning activities
and quality assurance activities.
Essential Criteria:
- Tertiary
qualification in Social Work, Family Therapy or Psychology and further
training in relation to families work.
- A minimum of five
years’ experience in the family services and/or mental health sectors
- Demonstrated
experience and training in supervising and developing multidisciplinary
staff, including staff with lived experience.
- Demonstrated
experience with co-design and co-production approaches to service
delivery.
- Demonstrated
knowledge and application of a range of therapeutic approaches for
individuals, couples, families and specifically children and young people.
- Demonstrated
experience with providing counselling and case work that supports children
and families using an intersectional lens i.e. multiple and complex needs
such as mental health, family violence and substance abuse issues.
- Demonstrated high
level written, oral and interpersonal communication skills.
- Demonstrated
experience working with groups experiencing marginalisation and/or
discrimination, including First Nations, public housing residents, people
of colour, LGBTIQA+, people with disability, trauma survivors, women
(including those justice involved) and children.
- Ability to handle
pressured situations with resourcefulness, adaptability, and creative
thinking
Please review the position
description which outlines the full list of responsibilities and key selection
criteria
Application
process
- Applications
close at midnight on Friday 23 August
- All
applications will be directed to our careers portal – Team Leader – Family Services Inner City
- All
applicants must include
a resume and with a cover letter addressing all the key selection criteria
for the position
Please contact Amuna Abdella on 03 9663 6733 or amuna.abdella@ds.org.au to discuss your application
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